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Violence
Some
Paranoia-thriller violence; some disturbing sequences
Language
Barely any
Clean language; Dick's characteristic prose
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The Dick-ian dread of not knowing whether what you're experiencing is real; corporate manipulation of perception
What this book is about
A company sells one-way tickets to Whale's Mouth, a utopian colony world—but when the first person comes back with disturbing reports, a government agent is sent to investigate what's really happening on the other side. Philip K. Dick's science fiction explores reality, memory, and corporate deception.
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